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Topic Options #134096 - 10/14/04 08:37 AM obstreperous jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California obstreperous :- "1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant. 2. Aggressively boisterous." AHD "Obstreperous best describes those people who, filled with the distending wind of discord, blow out all manner of ill-sounding and evil-meaning blather, nattering on in their cups, before falling unconcious into their cous-cous with rancid butter. The word is from the Ancient Ligurian and means in its various parts: obs 'the goddess of good and plenty' + trepe 'a thin kind of linguini, larger than spaghetti, but smaller than tagliarini' + erous 'dwarfish, macropygous god of lust and blind desires'." Melanceph Physce, Scraps from the Divine Feast. Top #134097 - 10/14/04 08:38 AM Re: obspastarous Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont crazy etymology! linguini? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #134098 - 10/14/04 08:49 AM Re: obspastarous jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California linguini Do you not know van Schlijkokk's theory of the linguini-shaped universe? Vibrating strands of pasta asciutta are at the heart of our reality (realty?). Top #134099 - 10/14/04 08:49 AM Re: pastiche AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York All I can say is I'm glad I don't have a mouth full of coffee right now, Linguini Boy! Top #134100 - 10/14/04 08:53 AM Re: carbonara... Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont are you stringing me along? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #134101 - 10/14/04 09:02 AM Re: obspastarous tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass this is the latest in string-theory. Top #134102 - 10/14/04 09:07 AM Re: carbonara... jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California Don't get me started with super-, hyper-, and superduper-linguini theory ... Top #134103 - 10/14/04 05:04 PM Re: carbonara... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Enough olive oil, enough appetite...I'll show you some hyperlinguini, and it ain't theoretical. Top #134104 - 10/14/04 05:16 PM Re: carbonara... jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California I'll show you some hyperlinguini, and it ain't theoretical I hear ya, dewd. What they callpasta in this country is a cryin shame: "egg noodles with ketchup." My dear ole grandma used eat her linguini with olive oil, a little pepper, and some raw crushed garlic. Yum. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209752 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 36 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 87 jenny jenny 66 wofahulicodoc 53 endymion6 45 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 35 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 15 Faldage 14 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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